My worry is the future of the Fedi becomes a multi-tier system.
When Masto started out, its creator seemed happy for every other implementation to die, and it could be argued he encouraged as much (there is a parallel to systemd in all of this) and now there is might on his side.

So, they recreate the old world in the new, and have the infrastructure and money (I don't just mean .social, but some of its relatives) to steer the project in any direction they want.

@sullybiker

Any human group, public or private, is eventually consumed by the desire for monopoly.

@amerika It'll happen, and we'll all be forced to go along with it.

@sullybiker

Unless we come up with another plan.

I still believe in the #LiberalValues of open discussion and learning from the past.

@amerika The plan maybe just leaving them to it, let them wither on the branch.

@sullybiker

Then they rule us and we diminish.

It's a hard question, to be fair, but I think it is worth fighting for sanity and realism.

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